Job Description - Assistant Commercial Finance Manager (HOT0BB8M)
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Assistant Commercial Finance Manager (HOT0BB8M)
Work Locations
Conrad Dublin, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
WELCOME TO A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES AT THE WORLD'S #2 BEST WORKPLACE, AWARDED BY GREAT PLACE TO WORK & FORTUNE.
The Conrad Dublin is a 5* hotel and part of the Hilton Luxury Division. We aim to offer smart luxury travelers inspiring connections & intuitive service in a world of style. We are one of the best 5* luxury hotels in the country.
“Conrad is Empowering and Bold”
Working for Hilton means you are joining an international company with more than 6200 hotels across the globe with countless benefits & career development opportunities such as:
* Travel - Up to 30 nights per year at discounted rates and 50% off F&B in Hilton Hotels around the world. Plus up to 70 nights of discounts for your Family and Friends.
* Team Member Gym - A dedicated team member gym with free access 7 days a week.
* Benefit - Discounted rates for Conrad Team members across a wide range of retailers.
* Development - Hilton has numerous learning & development plans for all types of roles and career paths as well as free access to LinkedIn Learning and Harvard Manage Mentor.
* Holidays - 30 days holiday (incl. BH) plus long service entitlement of an extra day per year up to a total of 5 additional days.
* Maternity & Paternity - Paid leave for those that qualify.
The Assistant Commercial Finance Manager is accountable for their portfolio of hotels in respect of understanding and driving financial performance and ensuring challenge and insight across the portfolio. The role has accountability for developing excellent working relationships across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including Operations Finance, Hotel Operations, Commercial VPs, Central Functional leadership, Leaseholders, Owners, Asset Managers, and the broader commercial finance team.
They will have responsibility for identifying emerging risks and opportunities, providing robust and appropriate financial advice on commercial activities and making suitable recommendations to drive value.
The Assistant Commercial Finance Manager will also support the Commercial Finance Director as the Operations Finance interface to leaseholders and owners and will be tasked with presenting consistent and effective information to support their requirements and maximize returns.
The role will work closely with the FP&A team to challenge and provide insight on performance. The Assistant Commercial Finance Manager will use this analysis to build action plans to maximize profitability for hotels.
The role will also be responsible for driving a high-performing team culture.
The Job Role
* Assist the Commercial Finance Manager in their role as internal asset manager for Hilton and lead Operations Finance to drive performance and maximize profitability.
* Partner with the FP&A team to ensure that forecasts are robust and challenge the Hotels' performance.
* Use variance analysis provided by the FP&A team to explain the commercial reason for variances and develop & implement action plans to improve negative variances.
* Partner with Central Corporate Functions to identify areas of opportunity to increase revenues or reduce costs across the estate.
* Manage the development of commercial finance analysis (value chain analysis, financial modeling, opportunity assessment, return on investment analysis, cash flow analysis, and other financial tools) to develop recommendations to business leads and strategy assessments to support decision-making.
* Review, provide input, approve, and present completed analyses that require expert knowledge of financial models and application of strategic and operational measures to assess economic and commercial viability of proposed business decisions.
* Communicate and interpret findings across brand, distribution channel, and economic trends based on financial analysis that provides additional perspectives on implications, risk, opportunity, and trends.
* Partner with Corporate Functions to identify commercial opportunities for the Hotel estate (cost savings; revenue initiatives; working capital improvements).
* Serve as a business partner and financial advisor to hotel management and ownership, area management, and corporate offices.
* Assist and advise team heads in the interpretation and analysis of financial data, recommending courses of action to maximize hotel profitability.
* Ensure hotels are in compliance with Corporate Policies (SPI’s) and governmental rules and regulations. Report irregularities and non-compliant situations to the General Manager and VP Hotel Operational Finance as required by corporate guidelines.
* Ensure that the best interest of the hotels, HHC, and owners are protected.
* Strong communication and negotiation skills (all levels of management and external customers).
The ideal candidate should have:
* The ability to analyze large volumes of complex financial information from many sources and create reports, forecasts, and projections.
* Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to effectively address any issue in collaboration with others as appropriate; ability to proactively identify and prevent potential problems; ability to help develop problem-solving skills among direct reports and other team members as appropriate.
* The ability to take initiative to identify, prioritize, and implement all elements required for the team to fulfill responsibilities.
* Be detail-oriented and organized.
* The ability to develop presentations and effectively present to all levels of the company, hotels & owners.
* Strong communication and negotiation skills (all levels of management and external customers).
* Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and Outlook with the ability to quickly learn new programs when required.
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